Born in 1913, and the youngest of seven children, Bob's first stages in his singing career began in 1933, when he was one of the several to star in Anson Weeks "Luck strike magic carpet" radio program, and later on going into works with the Dorsey Brothers in 1934-5. His first real breakthrough came in late 1935, where he formed a band from former members of Ben Pollacks group. With this, he made recordings with the Clark Randall orchestra, led by Gill Rodin. With the revival of jazz during the 1940's, Bob Crosby spent 18 months in the US Marines during WW2, touring alongside various bands of the Pacific. During this, he had his show played on the air by NBC and CBS, and during 1947 to 1953 he was aired by "Club Fifteen." In-between 1952-3, he replaced Phil Harris as the band player on the "Jack Benny show," boosting his popularity as he was frequently seen with Benny, until the show was retired in 1955. In-spite of this, Bob and his band, whom had come to be known as the Bob-Cats, had frequent reunions in-between the 1950's to the 1960's. During the 1960's, two former members of the "Bob Crosby Orcherstra," Bob Haggart and Jack Lawson formed a band in order to keep dixieland jazz known, which also used several of Bob's techniques, which made it the worlds greatest jazz band (Though the two founders kept the original Lawson Haggart Jazz band as their title." Bob later died in the 1990's, due to unforeseen issues of cancer.
In-spite of his death in the 1990's, Bob's work is still known throughout several films and, most recently, the video game Fallout 3 which features three of his pieces, one of which was recorded before he died.
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